Fertility in Ireland, 2024

Ireland
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ireland is projected at 1.60 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 32.7 years old. In total, 52,767 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
52,767
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
32.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
5,255,018
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%2
15-194.01.3%694
20-2425.07.9%4,127
25-2960.819.2%9,423
30-34116.736.8%18,009
35-3988.427.9%15,801
40-4420.36.4%4,307
45-492.00.6%406
50-540.00.0%1